To honor the passing of 10 decades since its 1953 introduction, the Corvette was offered with an optional 50th Anniversary package available on coupes and convertibles. The package included special Anniversary Red “Xirallic Crystal” exterior paint, Champagne-painted aluminum wheels and center caps, special front fender emblems and a new specific Shale interior, which matched the light Grey-Beige seats and carpeting with darker tones in the console, instrument panel and upper door trim. The included 1SB Preferred Equipment Group added a memory package, electrochromic mirrors, head-up driver’s instrument display and power tilt-telescopic steering wheel. The new F55 Magnetic Selective Ride Control system optional on standard coupes and convertibles was also included. This system utilized magneto-rheological fluid containing suspended iron particles that reacted to computer-controlled electrical input to control shock absorber settings, affecting shock damping at a rate of 1,000 times per second. The 50th Anniversary package constituted a high performance and individualistic Corvette whose capabilities were perfectly well suited to the special duties performed by this 2003 Le Mans Pace Car, one of only two built for the rigors of pacing the world’s most grueling 24-hour endurance race. Offered complete with the factory paint and badges and unique Le Mans Pace Car graphics, it is also fitted with the working roof-mounted track lights used during the race. This rare 50th Anniversary Corvette occupies a special place as one of only a handful of Corvettes designated to pace the 24 Hours of Le Mans and has been driven just 1,216 since new.

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